TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kühne, Ralph
A1  - Huitema, George
A1  - Carle, Georg
T1  - A simple distributed mechanism for accounting system self-configuration in next-generation charging and billing
JF  - Computer communications
N2  - Modern communication systems are becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. In this article a novel mechanism for next generation charging and billing is presented that enables self-configurability for accounting systems consisting of heterogeneous components. The mechanism is required to be simple, effective, efficient, scalable and fault-tolerant. Based on simulation results it is shown that the proposed simple distributed mechanism is competitive with usual cost-based or random mechanisms under realistic assumptions and up to non-extreme workload situations as well as fulfilling the posed requirements.
KW  - Charging
KW  - Billing
KW  - Accounting
KW  - Self-configuration
KW  - Communication systems
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2010.10.012
SN  - 0140-3664
VL  - 34
IS  - 7
SP  - 898
EP  - 920
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -